Power-press



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O.' P .-MORGAN.

POWER PRESS.

No. 272,303. Patented Feb. 13,1883.

INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

I UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIC OLIVER P. MORGAN, OF HAZELTON, MICHIGAN.

POWER-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,303, dated February13, 1883.

' Application filed November 29, 1882. (N o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER PERRY MOR- 'GAN, of Hazelton, in the countyof Shiawassee Figure l is a broken sectional elevation of' my new andimproved press, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The frame of the press is composed of the upper beam, A, and the lowerbeam or platen, A, and the two pairs of bars B B and B B, which tie thebeams A A together. 0 is the follower of the press. It is placed betweenthe bars B B and B B, as shown in Fig. 2, and is adapted to be movedtoward the beam or platen A, for pressing by straightening out thetoggle-levers'D D, that are pivoted to it and to the beam A above, asshown in Fig. 1. This straightening out of the toggle-levers D D forpressing is accomplished by means of the winding-shaft E, that isjournaled between suitable pillow-blocks and cap-plates bolted to theoutside of the bars B B, and the ropes F F, that are attached to theshaft and to the blocks (3' G, respectively, which blocks are securedbetween the plates 01 at, (four in number,-) that join together theadjacent ends of the parts of the toggle-levers.

The rope F, before being attached to the shaft E, is passed overv thepulley H, journaled in suitable blocks attached to the outside of thebars B B, so that it will give the proper outward movement tothetoggle-lever to which it is attached when the shaft E is turned. Thefollower O is raised or moved awayfrom the platen A by means of theropes or and a, that are attached to the follower near its ends and passrespectively over the pulleys b and b, socured to the under side of thebeam A; thence around the winding-shaft E, but in ,the oppositedirection to that of the ropes F F. The shalt E is adapted to berevolved in either dimotion for alternately winding up and unwinding theropes F F and a a, for lowering and raising the follower, by means ofthe lever J, that is fulcrumed on the shaft, the notched wheel K, thatis secured upon the shaft, and the crotched pawl l, pivoted to the headof the lever, the pawl being reversible for engaging with the notches ofthe wheel K, above or below the horizontal diametrical plane of theshaft, according to the desired direction of revolution, as will beunderstood from Fig. 1. The shaft is held'against backward movement,while being turned by the lever, by means of the crotched reversiblepawl l, pivoted to one of the posts, B,'and the notched wheel L, securedupon the shaft E, as shown clearly in the drawings.

Thus constructed, the press is very simple and powerful, and is quicklyand easily operated, and by attaching a weight to the lever the press isadapted to exert a continual pressure, thus making the pressparticularly adapted for pressing cheese.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a power-press, the combination,with the follower O, oft-he toggle'levers D D, ropes F F, pulley H, andwinding-shaft E, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The plates d d and block G or G, combined to form a connectionbetween the levers of each toggle and the winding-rope, as shown anddescribed.

3. In a power-press, the winding-shaft E, in combination with thefollower U, toggle-levers D D, pulleys H and b b,and the ropes F F and aa, substantially as described.

4. The pulley H, combined with the rope F, to form a connection betweenthe block G and the shaft E, as shown and described.

. 5. The combination, with the ropes FF, winding shaft E, and followerU, of the togglelevers D D, provided with the blocks G G, to which theropes are attached, substantially as described.

6. The press herein shown and described, consisting of the follower G,toggle-levers D D, pulleys H b b, winding-shaft E,'ropes F F and (t a,the lever J, reversible pawls ll, and the notched wheels K L,substantially as described.

OLIVER PERRY MORGAN. Witnesses:

NATHAN CoLBY, LEO REKART, SAML. U. CHRISTIAN.

